Abstract
Purpose
The study aimed to investigate the discrepancy and potential mechanisms of different CLA-producing B. breve on dextran sulphate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis.
Methods
Colitis was induced in C57BL/6 J mice using DSS. Disease activity index (DAI), histopathological changes, epithelial barrier integrity and epithelial apoptosis were determined. Gut microbiota were gauged to evaluate the systemic effects of CLA-producing B. breve.
Results
Oral administration of different B. breve showed different effects, in which B. breve M1 and B. breve M2 alleviated the inflammation induced by DSS as well as significantly increased the concentration of mucin2 (MUC2) and goblet cells, but neither B. breve M3 nor B. breve M4 had those protective effects. Meanwhile, B. breve M1 and B. breve M2 treatments significantly up-regulated the tight junction (TJ) proteins and ameliorated the epithelial apoptosis lead by DSS challenge. Moreover, inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6) were modulated by B. breve M1 and B. breve M2, neither B. breve M3 nor B. breve M4. Furthermore, B. breve M1 and B. breve M2 reduced the abundance of Bacteroides and increased the abundance of Odoribacter, then rebalanced the damaged gut microbiota. Colonic CLA concentrations in mice fed with B. breve M1, B. breve M2, B. breve M3 and B. breve M4 decreased successively, which showed significant positive correlation with the effectiveness of relieving colitis.
Conclusions
Bifidobacterium breve M1 and B. breve M2 alleviated DSS-induced colitis by producing CLA, inhibiting the inflammatory cytokines, maintaining of the intestinal epithelial barrier and regulating the gut microbiota.
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Abbreviations
- IBD:
-
Inflammatory bowel disease
- UC:
-
Ulcerative colitis
- DAI:
-
Disease activity index
- CLA:
-
Conjugated linoleic acid
- H&E:
-
Haematoxylin and Eosin
- MPO:
-
Myeloperoxidase
- COX-2:
-
Cyclooxygenase 2
- iNOS:
-
Inducible nitric oxide synthase
- SOD:
-
Superoxide dismutase
- MDA:
-
Malonic dialdehyde
- CAT:
-
Catalase
- GSH-PX:
-
Glutathione peroxidase
- TJ:
-
Tight junction
- MUC2:
-
Mucin2
- AJ:
-
Adheres junction
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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31801521, 31722041, 31820103010), National First-Class Discipline Program of Food Science and Technology (JUFSTR20180102), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JUSRP52003B), Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (KYCX19_1829), Wuxi Young Talent Foundation (QNRC075) and the Jiangsu Province “Collaborative Innovation Center for Food Safety and Quality Control”.
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YC performed the experiments and analysed the data. BY, YJ, HZ and WC provided intellectual inputs and designed the experiments. JXZ contributed to the data acquisition. RPR and CS critically reviewed the manuscript. YC and BY wrote the manuscript. BY, YJ, RPR and CS revised the manuscript.
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Chen, Y., Jin, Y., Stanton, C. et al. Alleviation effects of Bifidobacterium breve on DSS-induced colitis depends on intestinal tract barrier maintenance and gut microbiota modulation. Eur J Nutr 60, 369–387 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-020-02252-x
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